Herndon v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certain statutes of the State of Missouri, are stated in the opinion. Statutes requiring trains to stop at the intersection of the track on which they are running with the tracks of other railroads are valid as police regulations.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certain statutes of the State of Missouri, are stated in the opinion. Statutes requiring trains to stop at the intersection of the track on which they are running with the tracks of other railroads are valid as police regulations. I. & St. L. R. R. Co. v. People, 91 Illinois, 455; Birmingham R. R. Co. v. Jacobs, 92 Alabama, 191;.R. & D. R. R. Co. v. Freeman, 97 Alabama, 297; P. & P. U. Ry. Co. v. P. & F. Ry. Co., 105 Illinois, 117; C. & A. R. R. Co. v. J.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This suit was brought by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri to enjoin the execution of certain provisions of the acts of the legislature of the State of Missouri; as violative of complainant’s rights under .the Federal Constitution. The bill was filed against Harry T. Herndop, prosecuting attorney of Clinton County, Missouri, and John E. Swanger, secretary of state of the State of Missouri.
The bill is very lengthy, and as the decision of the court was made upon demurrer to it, it will be necessary…
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